Editing Das Rheingold (section)

==Roles==
{| class="wikitable"
!Role
!Description{{sfn|Holman|2001|pp=173–205}}
![[Voice type]]{{sfn|Holman|2001|pp=47}}
!Munich premiere cast<ref name= Perfhist/><br />Conductor: [[Franz Wüllner]]{{sfn|Osborne|1992|p=180}}
!Cast in premiere of complete cycle<ref name= Perfhist/><br />Conductor: [[Hans Richter (conductor)|Hans Richter]]{{sfn|Osborne|1992|p=180}}
|-
! colspan="5"| Gods
|-
|[[Odin|Wotan]]
|God of battle, and of contracts, ruler of the gods
|[[bass-baritone]]
|[[August Kindermann]]
|[[Franz Betz]]
|-
|[[Loki|Loge]]
|Demi-god of fire, Wotan's clever, manipulative executive servant
|[[tenor]]
|[[Heinrich Vogl]]
|[[Heinrich Vogl]]
|-
|[[Frigg|Fricka]]
|Goddess of family values; wife to Wotan
|[[dramatic mezzo-soprano]]
|[[Sophie Stehle]]
|[[Friederike Grün]]
|-
|[[Freyja|Freia]]
|Goddess of love and beauty, guardian of the golden apples; Fricka's sister
|[[soprano]]
|[[Henriette Müller-Marion]]
|[[Marie Haupt]]
|-
|[[Freyr|Froh]]
|God of spring and sunshine; Freia's gentle brother
|tenor
|[[Franz Nachbaur]]
|[[Georg Unger]]
|-
|[[Thor|Donner]]
|God of thunder; Freia's hot-tempered brother
|[[baritone]]
|Karl Samuel Heinrich
|[[Eugen Gura]]
|-
|[[Jörð|Erda]]
|Primal earth mother, goddess of earthly wisdom
|[[contralto]]
|[[Emma Seehofer]]
|[[Luise Jaide]]
|-
! colspan="5"| Nibelungs
|-
|[[Alberich]]
|Power-hungry dwarf, lord of the Nibelungs
|baritone
|Karl Fischer
|[[Karl Hill]]
|-
|[[Regin|Mime]]
|Alberich's brother, a cowardly expert metal-smith
|tenor
|[[Max Schlosser (tenor)|Max Schlosser]]
|[[Max Schlosser (tenor)|Max Schlosser]]
|-
! colspan="5"| Giants
|-
|[[Fasolt]]
|Giant, in love with Freia
|bass
|Toni Petzer
|Albert Eilers
|-
|[[Fáfnir|Fafner]]
|Giant; Fasolt's ruthless brother
|bass
|[[Kaspar Bausewein]]
|Franz von Reichenberg
|-
! colspan="5"| Rhinemaidens
|-
|Woglinde
|River-nymph
|[[soprano]]
|[[Anna Kaufmann]]
|[[Lilli Lehmann]]
|-
|Wellgunde
|River-nymph
|soprano or mezzo-soprano
|[[Therese Vogl]]
|[[Marie Lehmann (soprano)|Marie Lehmann]]
|-
|Floßhilde
|River-nymph
|mezzo-soprano
|[[Wilhelmine Ritter]]
|[[Minna Lammert]]
|}